“They train with us regularly and we'll go into the season with 20 players because I've got a lot of belief in the younger boys and we'll be using them a lot this year,” he promised.

BOBÔ STARS AS SKY BLUES CRUISE

The Hyundai A-League champions were never troubled at Darwin Football Stadium with Brazilian striker Bobô netting a Cup record equalling four goals.

David Carney, Jordy Buijs, Matt Simon and Milos Ninkovic were also on the scoresheet.

Arnold hailed the impact of last season's top scorer Bobô.

“He didn't want to come off which is always a great sign,” he said.

“I know from experience that it doesn't matter who you play against, you want to score goals as a number nine.

“It builds confidence and Bobô was excellent tonight,” Arnold said.

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